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Pooling Money: The Future of Mutual Funds

Brookings Institution Press, 2008

Protecting the American Homeland: A Preliminary Analysis

1 review
Peter R. Orszag, Ivo H. Daalder, ...

Brookings Institution Press, 2002

A welcome contribution to the current national dialogue
Protecting The American Homeland: A Preliminary Analysis is a methodical and highly serious account, collaboratively written by a team of Brooking scholars (Michael E. O'Hanlon; Peter R. Orszag; Ivo H. Daalder; I. M. Destler; David L. Gunter; Robert E. Litan; James B. Steinberg), laying out a four-tiered plan to support the efforts of the Bush administration and Congress to ensure America's ...

United We Serve: National Service and the Future of Citizenship

Brookings Institution Press, 2003

Public rhetoric in the United States has always laid heavy stress on the obligations of citizenship. Bill Clinton praised the idea of service, and so does George W. Bush. Since September 11, the debate over service and the obligations of citizenship has become even more urgent. United We Serve gathers many diverse voices on civic life and civic obligation to explore the idea of national service as it relates to citizenship. Activists and ...

Building Inclusive Financial Systems: A Framework for Financial Access

1 review

Brookings Institution Press, 2007

A handful of graphs and an index round out this welcome contribution of ideas
Building Inclusive Financial Systems is an anthology of scholarly essays by a wide variety of educated authors discussing how broad-based, inclusive financial systems can effectively reduce poverty and expand opportunity in developing countries. With an especial eye toward the field of microfinance, Building Inclusive Financial Systems offers solid grounding and recommendations for responsibly ...

None of Your Business: World Data Flows, Electronic Commerce, & the European Privacy Directive

1 review
Peter P. Swire, Robert E. Litan

Brookings Institution Press, 1998

For those who loves privacy
This is a necessary tool to every person, not only to lawyers, interested to know how the "personal data protection" works in the European Union. You will be surprised with the similarities between the privacy regimes in Europe and the United States, notwithstanding this systems differ in important particulars. The book includes the study of the ways in which restrictive data protection law ...

Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity

20 reviews
William J. Baumol, Robert E. Litan, ...

Yale University Press, 2007

Very interesting book
I thought that this book was an interesting take on how government policy can promote or hinder economic growth. I like how they combine together developed countries with undeveloped countries (although there is far more focus on the former). Most books on this subject focus exclusively on the one or the other. Others have summarized the book well, so I will cover only a few points. I like how ...

The Future of North American Integration: Beyond Nafta

Brookings Institution Press, 2002

When it came into force in 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) joined the economic futures of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, with systematic rules governing trade and investment, dispute resolution, and economic relations. However, economic integration among the three countries extends considerably beyond trade and investment. The NAFTA agreement takes a very narrow view of integration, barely addressing such vital ...

Financial Statecraft: The Role of Financial Markets in American Foreign Policy (Council on Foreign ...

3 reviews
Benn Steil, Robert E. Litan

Yale University Press, 2008

Capital Markets Sanctions: A Very Stupid Idea Whose Time Has Come
Steil and Litan define economic statecraft as applying economic means to influence other actors in the international system, and financial statecraft as those aspects of economic statecraft that are directed at influencing capital flows. They cover a wide range of issues, starting from the recycling of petrodollars in the 1970s to the fight against the financing of terrorism after 9/11, with ...

The Future of Domestic Capital Markets in Developing Countries (World Bank/IMF/Brookings Emerging Market)

Brookings Institution Press, 2003

The Future of Domestic Capital Markets in Developing Countries addresses the challenges that countries face as they develop and strengthen capital markets. Based on input from the world's most prominent capital market experts and leading policymakers in developing countries, this volume represents the latest thinking in capital market development. It captures the views of a global gathering of experts, with perspectives from developing and ...

Worldwide Financial Reporting: The Development and Future of Accounting Standards

1 review
George J. Benston, Michael Bromwich, ...

Oxford University Press, USA, 2006

First-class book
I should say that this is a great book. It gives detailed information about the way accounting regulation works in some countries, also explains some current and future trends about IFRS. Good understanding of accounting is recommended in order to make the most out of the book. I must admit that Michael Bromwich was my professor at university.

Brookings-Wharton Papers on Financial Services 2001 (Brookings-Wharton Papers on Financial Services)

Brookings Institution Press, 2001

Verdict: Assessing the Civil Jury System

Brookings Institution Press, 1993

Following the Money: The Enron Failure and the State of Corporate Disclosure
Michael Bromwich, Robert E. Litan, ...

American Enterprise Institute Press, 2003

A few years ago, Americans held out their systems of corporate governance and financial disclosure as models to be emulated by the rest of the world. But in late 2001 U.S. policymakers and corporate leaders found themselves facing the largest corporate accounting scandals in American history. The spectacular collapses of Enron and Worldcom—as well as the discovery of accounting irregularities at other large U.S. companies—seemed to ...

Financial Sector Governance: The Roles of the Public and Private Sectors (World Bank/Imf/Brookings Emerging ...

Brookings Institution Press, 2002

A financial system is only as strong as the governing practices and institutions of its participants. The challenge to build efficient and accountable financial institutions that promote confidence is a problem that financial sector executives and policymakers confront together. In this context, Financial Sector Governance takes a clinical approach to governance challenges in emerging and developed markets in each industry: capital markets, ...

New Financial Instruments and Institutions: Opportunities and Policy Challenges

Brookings Institution Press, 2007

Japan's financial institutions and instruments are closely related to the United States model. In both countries, new financial instruments, such as structured financial products and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and new financial institutions--which include hedge funds and private equity funds--present opportunities as well as policy and regulatory challenges. This timely book presents important and original research on these new institutions ...

Financial Gatekeepers: Can They Protect Investors?

Brookings Institution Press, 2006

Capital markets in developed nations have devised a set of institutions and actors to help provide investors with the timely, accurate, information they need to make informed investment decisions. These actors have become known as "financial gatekeepers" and include auditors, credit rating agencies, and financial analysts. The successive bankruptcies of Enron and WorldCom shook the economic and political establishments in the United States and ...

The Future Of State-owned Financial Institutions (World Bank/IMF/Brookings Emerging Market)

1 review

Brookings Institution Press, 2005

The challenges of these enterprises and their continued relevance and existence
Publicly-owned banks and other commercial establishments serve a large number of countries -but these countries suffer from slower economic development and less private sector credit. Experts in The Future Of State-owned Financial Institutions analyze the challenges of these enterprises and their continued relevance and existence, evaluating their performance, value, and methods of ...

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